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	dawnjosephine 2003-04-13 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	I love the “You’ll all be sorry!” lots of fist-shaking post made by the author’s “sister”. I wonder if any other relatives or friends will pop up to defend the plagiarist. Good times, good times. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	renjenri 2003-04-13 07:12 pm UTC (link)
	Does it make me a bad person if I wanted to post, "Yes, I would definitely discourage her based on that passage and I haven't even read her 'tribute' to LIAB yet." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	sajasma 2003-04-13 07:25 pm UTC (link)
	You know when the invisible sibling comes into play, the author is really sincere. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	laurar 2003-04-13 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	The sad thing is, I read hers. And then I read Lissanes. And...honestly, I didn't think either were particularly good. But I did only read the prologues, and so probably shouldn't make snap judgements. (Reply to this)

	sajasma 2003-04-13 07:24 pm UTC (link)
	Grouchybeast's review is the best! In which s/he manages to say that not only did little Ms. AmberMagicSpell plagiarize Lisanne, but that both stories are crap anyway, calling the plagiarizer's version an improved one over the original! Boy, had lots of giggling over that. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	cimorene111 2003-04-14 12:51 am UTC (link)
	yes, indeed! it was fantastic, sort of a snark-gasm! and then she offers to beta for the twit, and the twit accepts! and apologizes for the whole thing! it's so surreal, it's like the ending of a badfic! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	slippery_fish 2003-04-13 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	God, not another sister. Why is it never a brother? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	phosfate 2003-04-14 07:00 am UTC (link)
	Statistically, it's been shown that nonexistent sisters are much more verbal than nonexistent brothers. At least at that age. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	bitchysmurf 2003-04-14 07:42 am UTC (link)
	The invisible brothers are all out playing invisible baseball. The sister always has invisible acne and is forced to stay in the invisible home because the invisible kids from school make fun of her. It's sad really. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	bexistance 2003-04-13 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	My favourite is the excerpt from Amber's novel. 'Canandia stood at Alantra’s door, waiting for her to come. Alantra rounded the corner, and saw her sister standing there. “Good evening Canandia.” She said, and smiled at her sister. Canandia looked intolerant. Canandia sounds like a thrush medication. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	dawnjosephine 2003-04-13 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	The South Park "Blame Canada!" song keeps playing through my head, except now it's "Blame Canandia!". beats head on keyboard (Reply to this)(Parent)

	The icon embla 2003-04-14 12:22 am UTC (link)
	What's the icon? I find it oddly disturbing and upsetting, but at the same time I can't stop looking at it. Who is she? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	pradaloz 2003-04-13 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	Apologizing personally, via email, IM, or whatever, is the least you can do for Liss. "The least"? Isn't it pretty much the only thing she can do, what with this being the internet and all? Being plagiarized sucks, but I can't get over how folks online act as if it's the eighth deadly sin--especially when the only thing at stake is fanfiction. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	msmanna 2003-04-13 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	Excessive homage is one thing. Denying the blindingly obvious when called on it is something else. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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	ivyblossom 2003-04-13 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	This wank makes me disappointed that I have never been plagiarized, but impressed by the large number of ways to spell said word. I wonder how old this girl is, though. 12? Who knew Draco Malfoy: male model would be such a popular theme? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	Is it just me... darkrose 2003-04-13 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	...or is the irony of someone being accused of plagiarism and told, "Just so you know, most people have little respect for this sort of "creative" lifting you've managed to do in this fic." on a fic site that was originally started to give Cassie Claire a place to go after getting kicked off ff.net just too amusing? (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	darkrose 2003-04-13 09:14 pm UTC (link)
	Haven't you people done enough yet? Or do you want to push me so far as to hurt myself. BADLY. I'm going to have to sit on my hands here, because I am so tempted to give her the standard Slytherin bitch response. (Reply to this)(Thread)

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	wrote. wrotewrotewrotewrote dafnap 2003-04-13 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	very well wrote, i love it, but whats up with malfoys hair? write more. Very well wrote. Jesus fucking christ. Why is that offending me at a most basic level? But really, the most important thing is Malfoy's hair, god forbid it's mis-characterized. -dafnap (Reply to this)(Thread)

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ereshkigal
2003-04-13 09:20 pm UTC (link)

The only way people ever become better writers is to write their own stuff. You will never grow as a writer if you 'borrow' from other people.

*dies, just fucking dies* Too funny, just too funny. You know, if they're going to be crusaders in the holy war against plagiarization *snorfles*, they should skip all the minor demons and go after ~~satan~~, erm, excuse me, the great and wonderful authoress of great and original prose: Miss Cassandra Claire. Really really.

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dawnjosephine
2003-04-13 09:26 pm UTC (link)

Haven't you people done enough yet? Or do you want to push me so far as to hurt myself. BADLY.

God? It's me, Dawn. I haven't asked for much lately, so I was wondering if you could hook me up. Would it be possible for her "sister" to post in a bit, and explain how the author hurt herself "BADLY", and how we should all feel horrible and burn in Hell for hurting this amazing writer and cutting short a promising career? Maybe something involving maiming-by-papercuts. Thanks.

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	Titania = Canadia? sylvie 2003-04-13 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	I'm wondering if people really still name their kids Titania. I mean, if you're going to make up an invisible sister you should pick a simple name. I would have used Linda myself. (Reply to this)

msmanna
2003-04-13 10:38 pm UTC (link)

There is utterly no way you can truly make up to Lissanne for the way you've kicked her. You've stolen from one of the most loved people in this fandom, and one who's willing to share and has the greatest ability to rise above things that I've seen in a long time.

Good Lordy above. Has anyone seens a shred of evidence that Lissanne (who, from my skim-read of her epic, is a bad writer of overblow romantic crap) gives a toss about any of this?

Taking someone's ideas and characters and then using them to write an inferior, distorted version of the original for your own entertainment...you know, that reminds me of something. I wonder what it is? Damn. Now I'll be worrying about it all night.

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fearthainn, 2003-04-14 08:43 pm UTC

So what is the dictionary definition?

dorothy1901
2003-04-14 02:23 am UTC (link)

As Apolla said, you haven't done the dictionary definition of plaugiarism, but the plot and characters are a little too close to Liss's for comfort.

I went to the dictionary to look up the definition of "plaugiarism," but I couldn't find it. Could this be part of the problem? And where exactly is the plaugiarism comfort zone located?

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	kannaophelia 2003-04-14 04:48 am UTC (link)
	You will never grow as a writer if you 'borrow' from other people. [...] Maybe one day you'll be a decent writer, but not if you use other people's stuff to get there. This, um, is a discussion about fanfic, isn't it? Just checking. (Reply to this)

	lcsbanana 2003-04-14 06:58 am UTC (link)
	One more note: I refuse to be downtrodden anymore. ohman. I've been listening to old sixties protest music all day, and this is just the most fucking hilarious thing ever. SHE'S NOT MARCHING ANYMORE, GODDAMMIT. Or something like that. dissolves in giggles (Reply to this)(Thread)

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